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Booster 18 suffers anomaly during proof testing
SpaceX rolled out the next generation of Starship to Masseys for testing, but during a routine gas system pressure test as SpaceX calls it, the Liquid Oxygen Tank ruptured. This leaves SpaceX with no Block 3 Boosters to test with after just finishing stacking Booster 18, 16 days ago. Booster 18 See Also SpaceX Starship…
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US Space Force 15-Year Plan to Come Out by Early 2026, Saltzman Says
The U.S. Space Force is looking to publish its 15-year plan between now and early next year, according to Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. “I want to publish Objective Force 2025 before the end of the calendar year,” he told a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum on Thursday. “That’s the…
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US Space Force 15-Year Plan to Come Out by Early 2026, Saltzman Says
The U.S. Space Force is looking to publish its 15-year plan between now and early next year, according to Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. “I want to publish Objective Force 2025 before the end of the calendar year,” he told a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum on Thursday. “That’s the…
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Blue Origin revealed some massively cool plans for its New Glenn rocket
One week after the successful second launch of its large New Glenn booster, Blue Origin revealed a roadmap on Thursday for upgrades to the rocket, including a new variant with more main engines and a super-heavy lift capability. These upgrades to the rocket are “designed to increase payload performance and launch cadence, while enhancing reliability,”…
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Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday
During the pre-dawn hours in South Texas on Friday morning, SpaceX’s next-generation Starship first stage suffered some sort of major damage during pre-launch testing. The company had only rolled the massive rocket out of the factory a day earlier, noting the beginning of its test campaign, it said on the social media site X: “The…
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Eutelsat Signs Broadcast Renewal with du in UAE
Eutelsat has announced a new broadcast deal with one of its major partners in the Middle East. It is expanding its partnership with UAE telecoms company, du, a key player in the region. The two companies announced the new deal, Nov. 20. The renewed multi-year agreement aims to reinforce du’s position as a strategic partner…
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Eutelsat Signs Broadcast Renewal with du in UAE
Eutelsat has announced a new broadcast deal with one of its major partners in the Middle East. It is expanding its partnership with UAE telecoms company, du, a key player in the region. The two companies announced the new deal, Nov. 20. The renewed multi-year agreement aims to reinforce du’s position as a strategic partner…
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Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”
LAUNCH COMPLEX 14, Cape Canaveral, Fla.—The platform atop the hulking steel tower offered a sweeping view of Florida’s rich, sandy coastline and brilliant blue waves beyond. Yet as captivating as the vista might be for an aspiring rocket magnate like Andy Lapsa, it also had to be a little intimidating. To his right, at Launch…
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Rocket Report: SpaceX’s next-gen booster fails; Pegasus will fly again
Welcome to Edition 8.20 of the Rocket Report! For the second week in a row, Blue Origin dominated the headlines with news about its New Glenn rocket. After a stunning success November 13 with the launch and landing of the second New Glenn rocket, Jeff Bezos’ space company revealed a roadmap this week showing how…
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Falcon 9 rocket continues Starlink deployments with launch from Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket rises from its Cape Canaveral launch pad, shrouded in ground fog, carrying 29 Starlink satellites to orbit on Nov. 22, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in the early hours Saturday as the company continues to expand its network of more than 9,000…